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Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help

This paper is part empirical and part theoretical. It argues that for volunteerism to be a permanent feature in the society there must be a public policy that encourages, motivates and appreciates the value of volunteerism, and that it should be consciously acknowledged in the community. To be able...

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Main Authors: Uttam Singh, Surjit Singh, Md. Sail, Rahim, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Lumayag, Linda Alfarero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2005
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3484/1/Encouraging_Voluntary_Work_Among_Public_Service_Retirees.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.34842015-09-14T09:03:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3484/ Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help Uttam Singh, Surjit Singh Md. Sail, Rahim Abu Samah, Bahaman Lumayag, Linda Alfarero This paper is part empirical and part theoretical. It argues that for volunteerism to be a permanent feature in the society there must be a public policy that encourages, motivates and appreciates the value of volunteerism, and that it should be consciously acknowledged in the community. To be able to create this sense, a new developmental view on the contributive roles of the ageing population must be in place in the policy intervention. Malaysia, a rapidly industrializing country in the Asian region, must recognize the fact that a great number of willing and committed retirees could be tapped as potential volunteer workers for the continuing development of the broader community. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2005-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3484/1/Encouraging_Voluntary_Work_Among_Public_Service_Retirees.pdf Uttam Singh, Surjit Singh and Md. Sail, Rahim and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Lumayag, Linda Alfarero (2005) Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 13 (2). pp. 219-230. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/view_archives.php?journal=JSSH-13-2-9
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description This paper is part empirical and part theoretical. It argues that for volunteerism to be a permanent feature in the society there must be a public policy that encourages, motivates and appreciates the value of volunteerism, and that it should be consciously acknowledged in the community. To be able to create this sense, a new developmental view on the contributive roles of the ageing population must be in place in the policy intervention. Malaysia, a rapidly industrializing country in the Asian region, must recognize the fact that a great number of willing and committed retirees could be tapped as potential volunteer workers for the continuing development of the broader community.
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author Uttam Singh, Surjit Singh
Md. Sail, Rahim
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Lumayag, Linda Alfarero
spellingShingle Uttam Singh, Surjit Singh
Md. Sail, Rahim
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Lumayag, Linda Alfarero
Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help
author_facet Uttam Singh, Surjit Singh
Md. Sail, Rahim
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Lumayag, Linda Alfarero
author_sort Uttam Singh, Surjit Singh
title Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help
title_short Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help
title_full Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help
title_fullStr Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help
title_full_unstemmed Encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help
title_sort encouraging voluntary work among public service retirees: how policy intervention can help
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2005
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3484/1/Encouraging_Voluntary_Work_Among_Public_Service_Retirees.pdf
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http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/view_archives.php?journal=JSSH-13-2-9
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